Update: Alabama corrections officer Vicky has died, according to law enforcement.
Vicky White has died.
— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) May 10, 2022
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Vicky White and murder suspect Casey White (no relation) were on the run since she helped him escape a Lauderdale County prison a week and a half ago.
Fugitive Casey White was captured Monday afternoon in Evansville, Indiana after a pursuit ended in a crash.
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End of police chase — Evansville, Indiana. Car badly damaged. pic.twitter.com/8KMN8rezxm
— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) May 9, 2022
Vicky White was a passenger in the vehicle and was taken to the hospital after she shot herself in the head.
A fugitive inmate from Alabama and the prison employee who helped him escape have been captured in southern Indiana after a pursuit ended in a crash.
Vicky White shot herself and is being taken to a hospital. Casey White is in custody.https://t.co/kfaHJKlFQg pic.twitter.com/LQtkKKtnc3
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 9, 2022
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Vicky White died at the hospital shortly after 7 PM Central Time.
She was 56 years old.
Fox 13 reported:
Vicky White, the Alabama corrections officer who scandalized the country by allegedly walking a murder suspect and convicted felon out of the Lauderdale County Jail last month, has died. She was 56.
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Facing arrest, she shot herself in the head, according to Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding, whose deputies assisted the Marshals in the chase. She was hospitalized in serious condition and succumbed to her wounds Monday evening.
“The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service are investigating the death of Vicky White, fugitive from Alabama,” Vanderburgh Coroner Steve Lockyear said Monday evening.
She died just after 7 p.m. CT at Deaconess Hospital, he said. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday.
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